Hull City boss Nigel Adkins admits he will be forced to make changes to the team to face Blackburn Rovers tomorrow.

Reece Burke picked up a thigh injury in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup success at Sheffield United, and is a big doubt for the Championship clash at the KCOM Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Though refusing to confirm or deny whether Burke will be present in the Tigers line-up, Adkins says he will once again rotate the squad as the relentless schedule continues.

“The games are coming thick and fast, we’ll rotate the squad around, one or two have niggles who won’t feature but that may play on Tuesday at Rotherham away,” Adkins said.

“I’m not going to tell anyone the team at the moment but we have a group of guys who will give everything they have got.

Hull City's Reece Burke. (Image: Hull City)

“We have to assess someone properly as the last thing we want is to rule someone out for as long as possible.”

Definite absentees continues to be Tigers duo James Weir and Ondrej Mazuch, but Adkins revealed some positive news on the latter, as well as praising the contingent of City youngsters in the shoot-out success at Bramall Lane in midweek.